Bell-p.= Lily representative of compositae/hurt of being excluded (mobbing?)

Compositae family for instance, the feeling shared by
all the remedies of this family is of hurt - mental or physical hurt. Each
remedy of the Compositae family has

a different kind of hurt.

Arnica.: hurt of being injured. Fear of
being struck, the weakness of the tissues, of the muscles and of the blood
vessels. Because of this hurt which corresponds to being struck, there can
develop in a lot of fear and anguish (at night).

Cham.: hurt with pains that are
mortifying. hurt of mortification. The suppression of this leads the person
into wanting to not be mortified in general, which generates a sensitivity to
vexation, to Insult and to being scorned. In Chamomilla an expression of
greatness, the opposite to mortified, “Delusion council, holding a” and
“Indignation” (Dr Chawla). The hurt, injured feeling of compositae together
with the mortification creates tremendous sensitivity to pain. It can be a
state where the pains are mortifying.

The sensations individual to Chamomilla are of pains that are vexing,
irritating, it is a sheer anguish from pain, there is cutting pains, jerking
and twitching from pains heading towards convulsions.

Cina.:
something ‘shocking’ the person. more like the feeling of pains that are
shocking you, like something giving you ‘shocks of pain’. We see this also in
the symptom “paralysed shocks: patient will jump suddenly as though in pain”
(Dr Boericke). It is a singular symptom of Cina “Mind; Jumping sudden, as if in
pain” (Dr Chawla). There are many sensations in Cina of pinching pains, the
child jerks from pain. They tremble twitch and can convulse from these shocking
and irritating pains. Much like the Loganiaceae remedies the pains can become
paralysing from the shocks.

The feeling of Eupatorium perfoliatum seems to be like the
hurt of ‘aching’ pains, as if the bones were broken or dislocated. These pains
have a great tendency of producing much irritability and therefore the affinity
for the malarial disposition is compounded. The Compositae ‘bruised soreness as
if beaten’ in Eupatorium is an aching soreness.

The common feeling universal to all the proved remedies derived from the
Loganiaceae family has been worked out by Rajan Sankaran to be like being
‘shocked’ by something, like the experience of something upsetting you and
shocking you. This he further describes as being ‘shattered’, and also like
having been let-down or disappointed.

People can change miasms and still be indicated for the same remedy.

Even someone in the state of a nosode of a particular miasm may have a
different miasmic disposition to that which the remedy was derived. With a
nosode, the miasmic disposition is potentised into a feeling. With Medorrhinum
for instance, the miasmic disposition of ‘uncertainty’ has become the feeling
itself. The uncertainty is no longer related to the non-integration

of other feelings, it has become the feeling, and with it being
suppressed the miasmic disposition of this non-integration could be of another
miasm.

In sickness where the feeling of fright, or sudden fright is being suppressed,
then the miasmic form of this suffering will frequently correspond to the acute
miasm. The remedies which produce this feeling or a similar feeling of fright
will be the ones most frequently indicated in the acute state. Likewise, when
the feeling is of sudden loss or of helplessness, the miasmic disposition of
the person may become that of typhoid and the remedies that also produce this
are known to become indicated in some typhoid affections. There seems to be a
connection being criticised or insulted, and the tendency of suffering coming
out of this of taking the form of the cancer miasm. We cannot distinguish
remedies by classifying them into any one particular miasmic form of suffering.

As the remedies of a synonymous grouping of plants will, in suffering,
have many sensations in common with the others of the same grouping, every
remedy also manifests sensations which are distinctive to that remedy alone as
every remedy state is a feeling distinctive in itself.

In the Compositae
family we can see how a different feeling of hurt in each of the remedies also
manifests as distinctive sets of sensations. Arnica it seems is like the
feeling of hurt involved in being injured. It is like the hurt of a blow to the
bodily tissue, or an injury to the tissue. With this, more prominent to Arnica
are the symptoms,

Mind: Fear struck by those coming towards him (singular symptom)

Mind: Fear fall upon him, high walls and buildings (Dr Chawla)

More pronounced in Arnica is this fear of being struck, the weakness of
the tissues, of the muscles and of the blood vessels. Because of this hurt
which corresponds to being struck, there can develop in the Arnica state a lot
of fear and anguish, especially at night.

Cham.: feeling of the hurt of mortification. The suppression of this leads
the person into wanting to not be mortified in general, which generates a
sensitivity to vexation, to insult and to being scorned. We also see in Cham.
an expression of greatness, the opposite to mortified, “Delusion council,
holding a” and “Indignation” (Dr Chawla).

The hurt, injured feeling of compositae together with the mortification
creates in Chamomilla tremendous sensitivity to pain. It can be a state where
the pains are mortifying. The sensations individual to Cham. pains that are
vexing, irritating, it is a sheer anguish from pain, there is cutting pains,
jerking and twitching from pains heading towards convulsions.

The hurt of Cina
maritima is more like the feeling of pains that are shocking you, like
something giving you ‘shocks of pain’. We see this also in the symptom
“paralysed shocks: patient will jump suddenly as though in pain” (Dr Boericke).
It is a singular symptom of Cina “Mind; Jumping sudden, as if in pain” (Dr
Chawla). There are many sensations in Cina of pinching pains,

the child jerks from pain. They tremble twitch and can convulse from
these shocking and irritating pains. Much like the Loganiaceae remedies the
pains can become paralysing from the shocks.

The feeling of Eupatorium perfoliatum seems to be like the hurt of
‘aching’ pains, as if the bones were broken or dislocated. These pains have a
great tendency of producing much irritability and therefore the affinity for
the malarial disposition is compounded. The Compositae ‘bruised soreness as if
beaten’ in Eupatorium is an aching soreness. Dr Nash distinguishes Eupatorium
“The bruised feeling of Eupatorium is accompanied with a deep hard aching, as
if in the bones” (Leaders). Like the other Compositae remedies, and emphasized
here, is the symptom of being sad from hurt.

Bel-p.: seems to me to be like the Lily
representative of the Compositae family. The feeling of Bel-p. like of the hurt
of being excluded. We see the impression of being friendless and disconnected,
together with the friendliness, the desire for company and the friendly
loquacity. Bel-p. has the swelling and stasis of the Liliflorae remedies. It is
used in injuries where from swelling and inflammatory swelling surrounding
tissue is pressed upon and squeezed, a stasis takes place from impeded
circulation. Bel-p. is used in an inflammatory reaction where swelling cuts off
circulation to tissue resulting in coldness and stiffness. Miranda Castro
writes about the helpfulness of Bellis in pregnancy, “Groin pains Sudden. In
Pregnancy. Legs weak. Pain, caused by a trapped nerve during the last two
months of pregnancy, especially after the baby’s head engages, comes on
suddenly while walking and may last only a few minutes. Groin pains are
relatively common and can be severe enough to make walking impossible until
after they have passed. Bellis perennis will help them pass quickly and prevent
recurrence” (Homoeopathy for Mother and Baby).

Bel-p. also used for the effects and continued effects of having become
suddenly cold when overheated. Here, the sudden cold causes a very rapid flow
of blood and ‘swelling’ of the blood vessels, just like what happens in
ice-cream headaches. Perhaps Bellis is indicated for the effects of hurt which
takes place in this.

It is interesting that characteristic of both the Bellis and Carc.
states is a liking of thunderstorms, and Dr Sankaran places Bellis perennis in
the cancer
miasm.

Understanding rubrics is the first step toward a successful selection of
remedy.

One must be thoroughly familiar with the stock of rubrics so far as
their meaning is concerned. Here a good repertory is of great help. No matter
which repertory we use, it will never, ever give

us the right remedy in a straight shot. So, we must use the repertory
from the perspective of a certain philosophy and principle, and never use it
simply as a mechanical tool.

Selection of the right remedy depends on many factors:

The patient's narration or expression of their symptoms; here we must
know how to convert the patient’s symptoms into the language of repertory.

The physician's ability to make keen observations of symptoms.

The physician's skill in interpreting symptoms; the best interpretations
come from understanding the situation of a patient. This usually must be
understood in the form of a story or in a form of

an evolution. Let’s take an example.

A boy wants to become an artist. From a very young age he loves to read
books related to the arts, he loves to draw and paint and is very excited on
seeing related television programs. He is enthusiastic about taking part in art
competitions and he loves to visit museums and art galleries. Added to this he
has a very dominating father. The father says "Look, you cannot make money

by studying at a school of arts. You have to study business so you can
get a good job and make lots of money." Then conflict starts in the mind
of the child regarding his burning desire to be an

artist against the restrictions from his parents to pursue commercial
education.

Now, how are we going to interpret these symptoms?

Never assume you have a correct interpretation of the symptom without
confirmation from the patient - that is, never ever interpret from your own
imagination.

In the case given above we must understand that the child wants to do
something, but the dominating parents restricts him - and ultimately the child
surrenders.

In this case the rubric we select, may be;

"Mind-contradictory, actions are contradictory to intentions"
or it may also be "Antagonism with self" or we may also take the
rubric "Ailments from domination".

Once we decide on one of these rubrics, we must confirm its accuracy
with the patient. Then we take it in a case analysis.

Sometimes there are cases where it is difficult to find the exact
feelings of the patient in the form of a rubric. Let's take the example of a
person who is in many ways an extrovert, but he does not share his feelings
with anybody. Is it correct to take the rubric "Reserved"? Or should
we take "Reserved displeasure"? Because this person is primarily an
extrovert, he is not well described by these choices. So the correct rubric may
well be "Hides his inner feelings".

As another example, consider a person who has a strong aversion to
quarrels, violence, arguments etc. Here it is not always correct to take
"Quarrel, aversion to". Depending on the situation, "Desire for
harmony" may be a better rubric.

It is the use of the rubrics in metaphorical way, in an expanded sense. For
this we must look to the surroundings, keep our eyes and ears open during our
day to day conversations with people.

One should proceed from meaning to expressions. Merely collecting
expressions and finding their equivalent rubrics is of help, but to some extent
only because the expression may amount to any one of several rubrics or more
than one rubric. Likewise one rubric may have a variety of expressions so we
must have a thorough knowledge of how to differentiate the rubrics which seem
to have a somewhat similar meaning.

Here’s an attempt;

* Abusive, Cursing & Contemptuous:

* Abusive: One should consider this symptom in conjunction with the
heading "Cursing" in order to distinguish between the two. Both
concern verbal attacks on people or things. The abusive person uses rude and
insulting words in order to offend others, whereas cursing is the vivid
expression of surprise or annoyance. In assessing these symptoms, one must bear
in mind the patient’s education & background. Here we must know how to differentiate
this rubric from "Contemptuous". The contemptuous person not only
belittles other people, but also feels superior to them. In his scorn there

is indifference, rejection & sometimes even loathing. The symptom is
most easily recognizable in racists who despise any racial group to whom they
feel superior. We can differentiate it with "Rudeness & Insolent"
as well. The rude person is impolite and coarse in word and deed. Like the
insolent person he has absolutely no consideration for anyone else, but the
rude person adds a dash of crudeness & bad taste whereas insolence is a
lack of respect. It may be detected in patients during consultation, although
few will admit to it. Look for an attitude of excessive casualness and
confidence, the impertinence implicit in all the movements. This person is
ill-mannered and completely lacking in modesty.

* Fanaticism, Anarchist & Revolutionary:

A fanatical person may be readily identified by his attitude and
behaviour. Within a group he will be passionately enthusiastic in support of an
idea. The greater the validity of an objection, the more aggressive and dogged
will be his defense of them. He would rather die than admit that he might be
wrong and his adversary right. This may lead him to compound his problems to an
absurd degree rather than to try to solve them. His blindness and lack of
flexibility prevent him from clarifying his thoughts or from exchanging ideas.
He shuts himself off from all other points of view.

Fanaticism is more often used in context with religious mania.

Anarchist: An Anarchist means one who rebels against any authority,
established order or ruling power or one who uses violent means to overthrow
the established order. Rejection of all forms of control and authority. In
terms of intensity of obstinacy or craziness an Anarchist is more intense than
a Fanatic. A fanatic can not be an anarchist, but an anarchist can be a
fanatic. If intensity increases to yet another higher degree then an anarchist
becomes a revolutionary.

Fanaticism: Aur-ar. Caust. Lach. Puls. Rob. Sel. Sulph. Thuj.

Anarchist: Arg-n. Caust. Kali-c. Merc.

Revolutionary: Merc.

If we have a look at the medicines mentioned, we can easily predict that
how a Causticum Fanatic (grade1) converts into an Anarchist (grade 2) & a
Merc Anarchist (grade 2) converts into a revolutionary (grade 3).

We can also co-relate it miasmatically:

Fanaticism -------------------------- Psora

Anarchist ---------------------------- Sycosis

Revolutionary ---------------------- Syphilitic

* Frivolous, Foolishness & Childish behaviour:

Frivolous means: Unworthy of serious attentions. Trivial nature of
anything he comes in contact with. The frivolous person is vacuous and
superficial. He is devoted to casual relationships, drunkenness, debauchery,
fine cigarettes, wild parties and pornographic films. His sole ideal is the
pleasure of empty distraction. He achieves nothing important or substantial. A
frivolous person might narrate his complaints with laughing as if he were not
very serious about it. We must know how to differentiate this rubric with
foolishness and childish behaviour. Foolish or clownish behaviour in children
is easily observed during the consultation. These attempts to be funny or
amusing often indicate that the child has low self-esteem, or it may be a means
of calling for attention. A frivolous person knows the after-effects or
ill-effects of his negligence, but still he doesn’t cares about that, whereas a
foolish person doesn't even know what could be the ill-effects. The symptom
also occurs in patients with emotional immaturity (Puls. Ign.), exaggerated
fixation on parental images, need for protection, emotional instability,
egoism, jealousy, difficulty in resolving problems etc. Childish behaviour
should not be confused with "Imbecility" or with "Idiocy"
which involve mental disability. "Imbecility" covers a mental age of
between three & seven years, and the person is one who does not appreciate
anything he comes in conduct with; inappropriately silly.

* Fastidious, Censorious & Conscientious:

Fastidious means difficult to please or suit. Delicate to a fault.
Everything has to be "just so". "Disdainful, squeamish;
rejecting what is common or not very nice; suited with difficulty".

This person is excessively scrupulous and meticulous. He gives careful
attention to details, (another PERFECTIONIST) and is excessively concerned with
cleanliness.

Censorious is a person who see every action of others with critical eye
especially for the sake of disapproving. Censorious can be for any behaviour,
personality, structure, animate or inanimate things and he has no fixed
standards to be met with. While on contrast Fastidious has some standards to be
met with and is not pleased till the parameters set by him are fulfilled. These
standards are usually for inanimate objects like fastidious for dressing,
cleanliness, taste, time, order of things and he becomes satisfied when his
standards are met while censorious is always criticizing others and most times
capricious. He himself never knows what is right, but he would say that "I
don't know what is right, but this is wrong", while fastidious would
always explain you what is right and how it is to be done. This can be further
verified by looking at drugs like Baryta, Lyc. Chin. Cham. Lach. Calc. Ip.
Caps. Cocc-i. Hyos.; all these drugs are censorious, but not fastidious.
Sub-headed "critical", fault-finding; censorious also encompasses the
modern expression "judgmental". "Apt to blame or condemn; severe
in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners". He who is
“Censorious” is more concerned with the actions of others as such, than is he
who is "Fastidious".

Conscientious (about trifles) was equated by Kent with Scrupulous. The patient
takes an undue or disproportionate amount of trouble over tasks which cannot be
understood as being of more than minor significance. This may be seen in the
amount of trouble taken either over the task itself or over making sure that it
is completed. (cf. "Trifles seem important"). The word conscientious
also describes a person who is strongly guided by a sense of right or wrong,
which does things in a way he deems correct. He is honest to himself and to
others and would not normally neglect his duties. He is loyal to his job; this
person also lies on the verge of being a perfectionist. This is quite close to
being “fastidious” and “censorious”, but may not be necessarily so. This person
is thorough, assiduous, is gifted with an extremely caring nature and gives
great efforts.

Let’s take an example:

Suppose you are late for a meeting, then the fastidious person will not
tolerate or if you create disorder in a room the fastidious person will point
out that you don’t do this or that. So seeing superficially he may appear
censorious, finding fault, but when we go deep we’ll realize that his concerns
are different. His problem is that he cannot be satisfied in respect to time,
order, cleanliness or something which he consider important, as he has his own standards
regarding his issues of life. It may be his behavior which may be adapted as in
Carcinosin or it may be his temperament and it may or may not involve other
person as fastidious is the same with himself. But censoriousness is a attitude
of person to be critical, fault finding in others and other people may or may
not correct in that respect. The censorious or fault finding person is
systematically critical of other people and does not pardon even the slightest
faults. He loves to identify shortcomings in other people and to let them know
of them. It is not at all for the improvement of the latter as a critic, but it
is destructive and he is ready to criticize and never praise.

Conscientious is totally different from both of them, it is not an
attitude of a person but it is from inside i.e. by virtue of the person. He
only listens to his or her conscious and his decision does not depend upon a
condition or who is standing in front of him. It is not related with another
person, it is one's own personal understanding and comes with the teaching and
conditioning of a person.

So, this is just a brief idea as to how we should differentiate the
rubrics and apply the exact rubric for repertorization and for finding a true
similimum. We must know that there are rubics differing in shades of meaning
and it may need all our intelligence, care and contemplation to fully realize
these shades of meaning.